Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-04-09
NORTH MOUNTAIN.

Services will be held at l.. George
town Church Sunday morning, April
10th, at 10 O'Clock by Rev, Leonidas
Butts. The congregation of this
! church ought to secure Mr. Butts SER
vices to preach regularly during the
year.
The Dunkers will hold meeting al
North Mountain school house the
same day at 1890 a. m. Rev. John
Turner officiating.
Mr.. GOttleib Fuss who was reported
i'll last week is convalescing.
Mr.. Geo. Beard, who, recently, was
thrown by horse at Spring Mills is on
the road to recovery.
North Mountains Rife Team, the
three C.'", engaged in shooting
match Saturday. Distance 40 yards.
Jimmy claims he took the cake"
Joe was mile off. He says he could
drive the center two best out of three
at $50 yards; but it always makes
him nervous to shoot at a short range.
John did some good shooting and
seemed to derive much pleasure there
from.
This depot is looming up grandly
in the way of shipping since spring
has opened, we might say, all winter.
The three saW-mills located in the
mountains on Back Creek keep Wag-
ons flying back and forth and num-
bers of car loads of lumber have been
shipped and piles of it yet to go.
The bark and cross-tie trade is brisk
and our new grain firm, Messrs. Clary
d Kilmer, have been pushing the
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the receiving and distributing freight
center for Hedgesville and towns in
Back Creek Valley and also for places
on this side of the mountain. What
we need is a large warehouse and a
telegraph office. Then we would
corporate our town and our neighbor-
ing village, Hedgesville, would have
to look after her tricks or she would
be out-stripped and left behind by the
New Eldorado of the east.
There must be some money in this
section by the way people are build
ing and improving property or else
the community has an unlimited cred
it.
/ enclose herewith a boys compo-
sition which may please some ofyour
young readers. This boy has studied
The Hog
GA hog is very useful animal in
the way of food. He has one head,
two ears, two eyes, four feet, and a
tail. AS the boy said about the cat,
The head part always goes in front
and the tail follows along behind. His
head and ears are large hut his tail is
rather small for his size. In summer
hogslik to play in the water, especial
lysomeold mud-hole; but should pre-
fer clear water for my bathing. When
hog first gets into mud-hole he rolls
himself about until he has coat of
mud all over him about two inches
thick; then he lies down until the
mud gets dry; then he gets up and
marches around trying to make peo-
| pie believe he is mud-ball walking
on four legs. The author of the above
is Richard O'Leary.
| l noticed last week that two candi-
dates ahave already announced them
selves for the Co. Superintendency,
Messrs. Dodd and Bowen. They are
both deserving young men.
! MeSsrs. Chas. Newkirk and John
son Bodine went west and have re-
turned. Charley staid little longer
than johnson, but they think there
is no place like home and the girl l
left behind me.
Mr.. John Barnes who SO recently
began trade at Dry Land P. o. in
Morgan Co., has sold out to another
gentleman of that locality. Mr.. B.
lost hundred dollars in three months
of the two hundred and more he had
invested in stock. Some one was to
blame.
DIR. ID. n. Ross removed to-day to
his new house near Hedgesville.
Miss Annie Harley and brother of
your city are guests at Mr.. Geo. Rim
aman's. NELLIE.
Rev. f. P. Robertson will preach
10,